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You know the military is composed of citizens right? Our largest spending category is Social Security at 22%, Medicare at 14%, and then there's Veterans Benefit
by winrid 5mo ago
You know the military is composed of citizens right? Our largest spending category is Social Security at 22%, Medicare at 14%, and then there's Veterans Benefits at 6%. So most of the money spent is for the people. Defense is 13%.
- mapontosevenths 5mo agoSocial security shouldn't count as spending at all, unless you are an actual accountant, and Veterans benefits ARE Defense spending to normal people. Which means that we spend 19% on so called 'defense', and it is our largest category of spending, far outstripping the next highest category of spending.
- winrid 5mo agoI'm so freaking glad I'm not normal.
- mapontosevenths 5mo agoI meant normal as opposed to accountant, but I see why you read it that way. Sorry about the misphrasing.